Ixodid ticks feeding on humans in South Africa: With notes on preferred hosts, geographic distribution, seasonal occurrence and transmission of pathogens

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 113-136

  Horak, I G ^a,b   Fourie, L J ^a   Heyne, Heloise ^c   Walker, Jane B ^c   Needham, G R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic distribution; Humans; Ixodidae; Preferred hosts; Seasonal occurrence; Ticks

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST PREFERENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TICK;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFESTATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK INFESTATIONS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; ANIMALIA; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS DECOLORATUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS LEACHI; HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM RUFIPES; HYALOMMA TRUNCATUM; INVERTEBRATA; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SIMUS;

EID: 0036970906     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021587001198     Document Type: Article

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